The image of a stamp for us is associated with official documents and long queues, and it is hard to view it as an object for decorative purposes. For 31-year-old graphic designer Poorva Shingre, however, they are much more than that. A few years ago, the Mumbai-based artist started experimenting with linocut, a relief printmaking technique that uses linoleum as the surface.

"When I first started learning stamp-making, I was learning Spanish as well. So I felt it would be a good idea to mix both. I would pick a Spanish word, illustrate it and then carve a stamp," she tells us.